Rate My Professor Haiqing Lin

Professor Lin's research focuses on advanced polymer-based membrane materials and processes for energy-efficient gas and vapor separations, including CO₂ capture from flue gas and syngas, H₂ purification, and antifouling membranes for water purification. His group studies structure/property correlations of polymers in thin films and develops novel materials for practical applications. He has earned major awards such as the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2022, Exceptional Scholar Sustained Achievement Award and Buffalo Blue Sky Gold Coin from University at Buffalo in 2021, AIChE Separation Division Innovation Award in 2020, NSF CAREER Award in 2016, and SEAS Early Career Researcher of the Year Award in 2015. Select publications include "Sabatier principle in designing CO₂-philic but blocking membranes" in Science Advances (2025), "Ice-confined Synthesis of Highly Ionized 3D-quasi-layered Polyamide Nanofiltration Membrane" in Science (2023), "Dual free volumes uplift gas separation" in Nature Materials (2023), and "A comprehensive review of carbon capture science and technologies" in Carbon Capture Science & Technology (2024). Professor Lin serves as Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, editorial board member for Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Polymer Science, and others, and has organized symposia at ACS Pacifichem, MRS, and AIChE conferences. He was Director of the AIChE Separation Division from 2019 to 2024 and Board Member of the North American Membrane Society from 2020 to 2023.